Next Steps: December

["Joe Pezzillo" <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings All!

I have been asked by several folks what our next steps are, and here 
are some things I propose:

KEEP PRESSURE ON COMMISSIONERS
	Until they make a decision, we have to keep pressure on the 
Commissioners to choose paper ballots ONLY. All the same methods are 
still in play, contact them, write letters to the editor, contact the 
media, additional citizen outreach (eg, the petitions are wonderful).
	One way, you may wish to attend the Citizen's Committee meeting this 
coming Friday at 9am at the Clerk's office on 33rd.
	Also, we will want to participate in the Public Hearing that Danish 
announced on 12/4

MERGE/MIGRATE WITH STATE-WIDE GROUP?
	Once we are successful in Boulder County, many of our members who are 
still concerned about this and other related issues (like the 
ePollbook), may wish to begin working at the State-wide level, and one 
way to do that is to become a part of Bob McGrath's group, Coloradans 
for Voting Integrity, which will be having a meeting tomorrow (TUE 12/9 
EVENING IN GOLDEN), see 
<http://www.countthevotecolorado.org/cfvi/000020.cfm> for details and 
directions.

PREPARE OUR MATERIALS FOR OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS
	Also, we need to package the collective wisdom that we've developed in 
meetings, on our mailing list, the website and presentations into a 
format that other communities both in Colorado and nationwide can use. 
Certainly some of this will involve the website, but we may also want 
to prepare CDROMs or a DVD/VHS of our efforts, as well. This will take 
some time and effort, but it's a crucial thing for us to do to help our 
hard work have a much broader impact.

And, we should probably try to figure out when we can have our next 
meeting. Does anyone have suggestions? I've heard some say we need to 
meet still now while the fire is hot, and others who think we can wait 
until after the New Year. I will be sparse during January, but glad to 
meet when I can to keep our momentum going.

Thanks again to everyone who has been working so hard on this issue!

Joe